Bug hunting and other updatesAugust 1st, 2006
We’ve been busy polishing, cleaning and responding to mountains of feedback. In an effort to keep everyone up to date, here’s a synopsis of recent activity:
Rendering
The big issue we’ve addressed since our last post is the document conversion code. This is probably the most difficult aspect of our site from a technical standpoint, and being beta, it has not been without its problems.
We’ve drastically changed the way we were converting resumes. We made the changes with the “work smart, not hard” mantra. The result is a more consistent rendering that is less error prone. We should also be able to scale nicely now, which is an important part of our world domination plans 
Templates
We’ve expanded our newly added References section to let you keep track of Organization, Department, Fax Number and Website. We’ve also extended the Personal Information section to include website, country, and a second address line 
Polish
We’ve cleaned up bits and pieces of the site. A few of the JavaScript oddities and design issues that you may have noticed have been closed. We’ve added a general keep-alive so your session won’t time out while editing. If your laptop goes to sleep, this may act up, but otherwise, its great. There were also some cut-and-paste issues from existing word resumes that we’ve worked out. Another little thing is the ability to bookmark a specific page within the interface. You’ll be presented with the front page login, but will then go to the url you originally requested. It’s the small things I guess
How does a potntial employer search through the resumes on emurse? I can’t find a search box!
August 3rd, 2006 at 8:11 am
Right now, our goal is to focus on the job seeker, not the employer — we feel that this is a major difference between “us” and “them” in the market.
By hosting your emurse resume online, major search engines index it on their own so that it starts showing up in searches. We will work to bring search on to our own site in the future, but it’s down the line. It’s all about tools to help improve traditional, everyday job hunts.
Another thing to consider is that a lot of users don’t want to be found. We feel it important to honor that request. Whatever we release in this regard will fall in line with this kind of thinking.
August 3rd, 2006 at 12:08 pm